Indiana § 34-6-2.1-119 "Manufacturer"

Indiana Statutes

§ 34-6-2.1-119 — "Manufacturer"

Indiana § 34-6-2.1-119

Title 34CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Art. 6DEFINITIONS

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Ind. Code § 34-6-2.1-119 (2026).

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(a)"Manufacturer", for purposes of IC 34-20, means a person or an entity who designs, assembles, fabricates, produces, constructs, or otherwise prepares a product or a component part of a product before the sale of the product to a user or consumer. "Manufacturer" includes a seller who:

(1)has actual knowledge of a defect in a product;

(2)creates and furnishes a manufacturer with specifications relevant to the alleged defect for producing the product or who otherwise exercises some significant control over all or a portion of the manufacturing process;

(3)alters or modifies the product in any significant manner after the product comes into the seller's possession and before it is sold to the ultimate user or consumer;

(4)is owned in whole or significant part by the manufacturer; or (5

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(a) "Manufacturer", for purposes of IC 34-20, means a person or an entity who designs, assembles, fabricates,
produces, constructs, or otherwise prepares a product or a component
part of a product before the sale of the product to a user or consumer.
"Manufacturer" includes a seller who:
(1) has actual knowledge of a defect in a product;
(2) creates and furnishes a manufacturer with specifications
relevant to the alleged defect for producing the product or who
otherwise exercises some significant control over all or a portion
of the manufacturing process;
(3) alters or modifies the product in any significant manner after
the product comes into the seller's possession and before it is sold
to the ultimate user or consumer;
(4) is owned in whole or significant part by the manufacturer; or
(5) owns in whole or significant part the manufacturer.
(b) A seller who discloses the name of the actual manufacturer of a
product is not a manufacturer under this section merely because the
seller places or has placed a private label on a product.